Embroidery-frame



(No Model.)

B. A. GREYER. EMBROIDERY FRAME.

No. 598,201. Patented Feb. 1, 1898..

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BERTHA'A. GREYER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

EMBROIDERY-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,201, dated February 1, 1898.

Application filed. June 2, 1897. Serial No. 639,117. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHA. A. GREYER, a citizen of-the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to embroidery-frames, and more particularly to those frames which are supported upon a stand and keep the embroidery or analogous work tretched in convenient position to be opera 'edupon.

It is the object of my invention to not only provide a simple and efficient means for holding the work,but also to providemeans whereby the work may,when desired,be completely covered and concealed and protected from dirt and injury without removing it from the frame and whereby also the frame may be converted into a table which shall have the usual strength and appearance of an ordinary table and shall be available for its uses. These and other features of improvement will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 7

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my device with the cover removed and showing a piece of work secured thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the cover in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the cover in position to conceal and protect the work, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of'the cover inverted.

For reasons which will hereinafter appear the lower portion of my device is made to resemble a table, and preferably consists of two uprights 2 2, connected together and braced near their bases by a cross-bar 3. An arm 4 is provided on the upper end of each of these uprights, and in the ends of the arms 4 two rollers 5 5 are journaled, as shown. In use the work 6 is stretched over these rollers by being rolled up on one roller or the other, or on both, according to the particular portion of the work which is being operated upon at a given time. For the purpose of securing the work to the rollers I prefer to permanently attach to each roller a strip of strong cloth 7, to which strips of cloth the work itself is pinned or otherwise detachably secured. The rollers 5 are kept from rotating under the strain of the work by means of ratchet-wheels 8 8 or equivalent devices, secured one to each roller and provided with suitable detents 9 9. Pivoted buttons 10 10 may be used, if desired, to hold the detents 9 raised when the work is to be removed or readjusted.

A main feature of my present improvement lies in the combination, with the parts above described, of a cover 11, which cover has the general form of a box, as shown, and is made to fit closely around the top of the stand, with its sides 12 12 of such height that they extend below the arms 4. This cover thus serves to completely conceal the work-holding part of my device from view when the work is not being operated upon and makes the device indistinguishable in appearance from an ordinary table, as shown in Fig.3. The work may be left in place on the frame, and will be perfectly protected by the cover from being soiled andfrominjurybyaccident. Furthermore,by reason of the close fit of the sides of. the cover around the top of the stand the cover strengthens and stiffens the stand very materially, and thus adds to its stability and usefulness as a table.

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For convenience in moving and packing my frame I prefer to make it knockdown. by making the cross-bar 3 and the rollers 5 removable from the uprights 2, the uprights being made of such size that they, as well as the other parts, maybe compactly packed within the cover 11, which thus'has another feature of usefulness in addition to those efficiently as either a work-holder or a table and also may be readily taken to pieces and compactly stored within a very small space. My device may of course be used as a quilting-frame and for analogous purposes, and many of the details of construction which I It will be observed also that no fastening device is required to keep thecover in have described may obviously by changed without departing from my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. An embroidery-frame comprising two uprights 2, 2, a cross-bar 3, arms 4, 4 secured to the upper ends of said uprights and having work-holding rollers journaled therein, and a boX-cover 11 arranged to fit closely around said arms 4, 4, the sides 12, 12 of said cover extending below the arms 4, 4 and serving both to hold the cover in place and to completely conceal the work-holding parts of the frame from View, whereby the device may be rendered indistinguishable in appearance from an ordinary table, all substantially as described.

2. A knockdown embroidery-frame comprising two uprights 2, 2, a detachable crossbar 3, arms 4, 4 secured to said uprights, rollers 5, 5 journaled in said arms and removable therefrom, means for stretching a piece of work over said rollers, and a box-cover l1 arranged to fit closely around said arms 4, 4, the sides 12, 12 of said cover extending below the arms 4, 4 and serving both to hold the cover in place and to completely conceal the work-holding parts of the frame from view,

the parts of the frame being adapted to be packed within the cover when detached from one another, all substantially as described.

3. A knockdown embroidery-frame com prising uprights 2, 2, a detachable cross-bar 3, arms 4, 4 secured to said uprights, removable rollers 5, 5 journaled in said arms, each of said rollers being provided with a ratchet 8 and with a headed end 15 and each arm 4 having holes 14 through which the headed ends 15 of the rollers may pass, detents 9, 9 adapted to lock the ratchets 8, 8, a strip of cloth 7 secured to each roller for the purpose stated, and a box-cover 11 arranged to fit closely around the arms 4, 4 with its sides 12, 12 extending below the same, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed. my name this 27th day of May, A. D. 1897.

BERTHA A. GREYER.

Witnesses:

E. BAKER, E. D. CH DwIoK. 

